A musician since childhood, he graduated from the University of Virginia with a BA in Economics, then went on to study Music Production & Programming at the Berklee College of Music.

Matt has spent years inventing show control systems for live music and cultivating interactive platforms for all kinds of experiential real-time environments. In addition to playing electronics for the LA Philharmonic, he has programmed and run shows for Drake, Bassnectar, Banks, Frank Ocean, The Glitch Mob and many others. Through his company [namethemachine], he furthers his own explorations by seeking to provide fellow creators with the necessary tools for navigating an ever-converging, expanding new media space.